Recipes
My First Apple Pie
My first Apple Pie and the 2nd pie I have made in my entire life. Last year I made a crust at my former Mom’s group , I made the Libbys pumpkin pie recipe with it. Did I mention this was a trial run for a Pie Baking Contest I decided to participate in? Recently we went to a local city cultural and history center, it was really cool, I plan to blog about it soon. While we were there I picked up some brochures and one was advertising ‘Cider Days’. Here is what the city website says: Celebrate the autumn season at the 35th Annual Cider Days harvest festival! Cider Days includes booths…
Family Recipe – Green Chili
The best green chili is here in print, something that has been hard to obtain even though the recipe has been in the family for generations. In fact, I was flipping through our family recipe book and this one is not in there! Being 5th generation Coloradoans we have a rich tradition of food and family. Try this recipe and enjoy the flavors of Colorado and New Mexico cuisines. 1 lb. of cubed pork 1 tsp of garlic powder/ 1 crushed clove 3 tbsp. of flour 1 can of Rotel with green chilis 1 1/2 cups of diced green chilis 1 1/2 tsp. salt 2 tsp. garlic salt 1/2 cup onion…
Seriously, This May be the Best Dessert Snack Ever, Really!
Share Who doesn’t love a good Heath bar or Skor? Yummy toffee-nutty-ness, covered with delicious chocolate and a hint of salt. I love chocolate and salt, ever since my mom introduced me to popcorn and M&M’s – wow! You are only 4 simple ingredients away from amazing scrumptious-ness. I found this recipe on a MOPS forum one time and let me just tell you – It is easy, cheap to make and sooooo, sooooo very good! Homemade Heath Bar 40 soda crackers (saltine) 1 c. brown sugar 1 c. butter 12 oz. chocolate chips Line cake pan with aluminum foil. Place crackers over entire bottom of pan. Boil brown sugar…
Pears, what to do with Pears?
Pears are pretty. The color, the shape, the name. They even taste pretty good. My issue? The texture! I know my mom has an issue with the texture of bananas, so I guess having a texture hang up may run in the family. Even canned pears have that gritty, funky inside, I can’t handle it. So my question; is there any way to prepare pears so you get to enjoy the taste without the grit? Are there certain varieties that aren’t gritty? Also, enjoy my pics, I was so inspired at the store that I started snapping pics. I ran into a new neighbor and she asked if I worked there, lol. I told…
Aunt Sophies Outdoor Oven Spanish Bread
Every couple of years I end up pulling out the old family recipe cookbook. It was put together for a family reunion in 1984. I learned how to drive a stick shift there, that summer, I was 12 – the good ole days right? It was a small town after all. Every time I pull out the book I usually have a purpose, on a mission looking for an old familiar. Until today. It has turned into quite the snowstorm outside so I decided I want to bake today, fill the house with the smell of bread. I initially went to allrecipes.com, then the Better Homes and Gardens Cookbook, but…
RETAKE – Lemon Spiral Cookies
After making Lemon Swirl cookies, they didn’t quite turn out quite as swirly as I expected. So going thru the fridge the next day I remembered that I wrapped up some of the dough to bake later. I pulled it out, sliced it with a sharp knife and baked. I have to say these ones turned out way more swirly than the original batch. Not sure why… to me, it was worthy of a revisit. Thanks for looking!
Yummy Peanut Butter Goodness
Besides a good old fashioned chocolate chip cookie, nothing beats a classic peanut butter cookie, just like Mom used to make. You know what I am talking about it… perfect buttery tan color, criss-cross shapes pushed into the tops, rolled in sugar, yum right? This weekend my husband was wanting me to make these cookies. However, I did not have all the ingredients needed on hand, not wanting to run to the store, I grabbed my Better Homes and Garden Home Cookbook. Flipped through until I found the page, page 194. Interestingly enough pages 195-196 are missing, can’t wait to see what recipe it was, must have been a past…
Braided Egg Bread
Again being inspired by so many awesome foodie blogs I decided it was time I learned how to make homemade bread. We are a bread loving family. My husband was running to the store and I told him to get flour for some cookies I was going to bake (Lemon Spiral), on a whim I told him to grab some yeast. I thought that at least if I have it in the house I would be able to make it when inspiration struck. He brought home Fleishmanns Rapid Rise yeast. I went straight to the internet to find some recipes that specifically called for it. All of those called for…
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